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Recent Examples of animators
The proximate cause of the strike was the firing of one of the studio’s best animators, Art Babbitt.
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Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
The base price for the Studio Display XDR, which is targeted at professional content creators such as video editors, photographers, colorists, 3D animators, and game designers, is $3,299.
—Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
It’s been very difficult for animators and for VFX artists to get jobs.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
The project was also a multi-territory collaboration on the creative front with animators in Hong Kong, France and Philippines, as well as artists working on the background scenes in Japan.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
This included five weeks of filming Agnetha, Björn, Benny, and Anni-Frid in motion-capture suits and the work of 140 animators from Industrial Light & Magic, the visual-effects firm behind a bunch of Marvel movies.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2026
The ants that animators once morphed into googly-eyed caricatures in films such as A Bug’s Life and Antz just received a meticulously precise anatomical reboot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Pixar animators worked overtime on this one bringing the pond and the critters and humans to life.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
As with past years, the pop-culture confab will feature comics artists and animators, authors, anime and animation voice actors, cosplayers and notable gamers alongside panels, kid-friendly offerings, autographs, a marketplace and more.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
The base price for the Studio Display XDR, which is targeted at professional content creators such as video editors, photographers, colorists, 3D animators, and game designers, is $3,299.
—Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
It’s been very difficult for animators and for VFX artists to get jobs.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
The project was also a multi-territory collaboration on the creative front with animators in Hong Kong, France and Philippines, as well as artists working on the background scenes in Japan.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
This included five weeks of filming Agnetha, Björn, Benny, and Anni-Frid in motion-capture suits and the work of 140 animators from Industrial Light & Magic, the visual-effects firm behind a bunch of Marvel movies.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2026
The ants that animators once morphed into googly-eyed caricatures in films such as A Bug’s Life and Antz just received a meticulously precise anatomical reboot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Pixar animators worked overtime on this one bringing the pond and the critters and humans to life.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
As with past years, the pop-culture confab will feature comics artists and animators, authors, anime and animation voice actors, cosplayers and notable gamers alongside panels, kid-friendly offerings, autographs, a marketplace and more.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animators
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The drivers are 40mm double-layer units featuring a silk-metal-ceramic diaphragm combo.—
Christian de Looper,
PC Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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Fuel prices have soared across the region, and drivers are waiting in long lines outside petrol stations in Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines, hoping to fill their tanks.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Critics in the House Freedom Caucus argued against the bill on the grounds that government should not mandate how agencies spend their budgets.—
Julian Baron,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Apr. 2026
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And by the way, there’s a humanitarian component here as well in terms of fertilizer, food, and other aid agencies that need that open for the ongoing crises in Africa.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
19 Apr. 2026
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King will produce along with John Branca and John McClain, who are the co-executors of the Michael Jackson estate.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
5 Apr. 2026
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The executors also recently won a court battle against Paris Jackson that ended with a judge ordering her to pay their attorney’s fees in a related dispute.—
Naomi Cahn,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2026
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Campgrounds, hookups, generators, and charging stations have not been optional conveniences – but foundational constraints shaping product design.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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Grant said investors never actually took possession of the generators — a key part of the fraud.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The Good Jobs First report recommends that all states fully report their losses from data center tax breaks, including how those incentives affect local revenue streams.—
Kevin Hardy,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2026
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While the sales increases in some cases were aided by tax incentives and new emissions rules, the figures point to how global fleets are rapidly electrifying in response to the war in Iran.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Cataler North America was established in 2002 in Lincolnton and supplies automotive catalysts for some of the world’s largest automobile producers.—
Brian Gordon,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026
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Combined with other catalysts at Amazon — including growth in its retail and advertising divisions — the use of Trainium chips in AI could represent a similar moment as investors faced in Google parent Alphabet last September, Mahaney said.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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Being in an unfamiliar place, getting poor sleep, and constant stimuli from lights and noise all contribute to delirium.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
11 Apr. 2026
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Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 proteins play in sensing mechanical stimuli.—
Jacek Krywko,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
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The script began as a story of a 16th century warlord and his three sons—Kurosawa only added elements of Lear later on, alongside other references and inspirations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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In 2024's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, the actor played Gus March-Phillips, who is widely known as one of the real-life inspirations for Bond.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Animators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animators. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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